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- Title
Body composition characteristics among rural Bengalee children of the Integrated Child Development Service scheme from Eastern India.
- Authors
Biswas, S.; Bose, K.
- Abstract
Objective: The present study was undertaken to determine the characteristics of body composition among 1 to 5 year-old rural children (12-71 months) of Bengalee ethnicity. Methods: This cross-sectional study was undertaken at different Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme centres of Chapra Block, Nadia District, West Bengal, India. Subjects were selected from 30 randomly selected centres. Five hundred and two children, aged 1-5 years were measured. Results: Significant (age-combined) sex differences were noticed in all anthropometric and body composition variables except triceps (TRISKF) and subscapular (SUBSSKF) skinfold thickness. The results also revealed that girls (age specific) had significantly (P < 0.05) greater mean values of percentage body fat (PBF), fat mass (FM), fat-free mass (FFM) (except at age 1 year), fat mass index (FMI) and fat-free mass (FFMI) (except at age 1 year) in each age group compared to boys. Sex-specific age variations were observed in all anthropometric and derived variables except (SUBSSKF) among these children. Maximum age variations were observed in mean FFM (F = 84.25, P < 0.001) and PBF (F = 84.35, P < 0.001) among the boys and girls respectively. The results of Pearson correlation coefficients (r) showed that body composition measures were significantly correlated with the majority of variables among these children. Conclusion: The present investigation revealed that PBF and FFM were good indicators for measuring nutritional status in Bengalee preschool children. Sexual dimorphism in fat patterning was also present among Bengalee preschool children.
- Subjects
BENGAL (India); INDIA; HUMAN body composition; CHILDREN'S health; CROSS-sectional method; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD development; INTEGRATED Child Development Services (India)
- Publication
International Journal of Body Composition Research, 2011, Vol 9, Issue 3, p95
- ISSN
1479-456X
- Publication type
Article